Tag: Fifa

Pakistan progress in FIFA ranking

Pakistan have made progress in the world football ranking while Nepal’s position remains unchanged at 136 according to the latest FIFA World Rankings issued...

FIFA president may visit Pakistan

International Football Federation (FIFA) President Sepp Blatter has expressed his desire to visit Pakistan to see the progress made in football and its allied...

Brazil, Portugal in clash of styles for final

Brazil and Portugal will meet in the World Under-20 final on Saturday, 20 years after clashing in the 1991 finale, which was won by...

Spain to meet Brazil in FIFA U20 WC quarters

Spain and Brazil advanced in the Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday, setting up a quarter-final match between two teams with genuine title aspirations. Brazil beat...

Colombia reach FIFA U-20 WC quarters

Host Colombia became the first team to reach the knockout stages of the Under 20 World Cup by beating Mali 2-0 on Tuesday. Colombia...

Brazil, Mexico advance in FIFA U-20 WC

Brazil and Mexico finally hit their stride in their second matches at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011. Recovering from slow starts in...

Japan demands FIFA explain bin Hammam ban

Japan's football chief has demanded a detailed explanation from football's world governing body FIFA on its decision to ban Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president...

Bin Hammam braced for FIFA bribery hearing

Asian football supremo Mohamed bin Hammam was on Friday preparing to face allegations of bribery at a two-day FIFA ethics committee hearing here that...

FIFA mum on World Cup 2022 ‘whistleblower’

FIFA made no comment on the retraction of claims by a former bid official who alleged that Qatar paid bribes to three FIFA members...

FIFA probe finds new evidence

A FIFA commissioned investigation into claims that Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam used bribes in his bid for the organisation's top job has...

France crush Canada in FIFA WC

France brutally ended the World Cup hopes of Canada here on Thursday virtually booking their spot in the quarter-finals of the global women's tournament...

FIFA report accuses Bin Hammam of bribery bid

Mohamed Bin Hammam tried to bribe officials in his campaign to oust Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, according to a secret report by the...

FIFA suspend Belize FA over government interference

World football’s governing body, FIFA, announced Friday that it had suspended the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) with immediate effect because of “severe governmental...

FIFA rejects BD request on Pakistan tie

Football’s global governing body FIFA has rejected Bangladesh football authorities’ plea to switch their World Cup qualifying round match against Pakistan to some other...

FIFA needs reform from outside: Australia

Australia’s sports minister said Friday that no government should fund another World Cup bid until FIFA had been subject to external scrutiny. Senator Mark...

England isolated at FIFA congress

England’s Football Association was the subject of stinging criticism here Wednesday after suffering a crushing defeat in its bid to halt the re-election of...

Bin Hammam protests ‘unfair’ FIFA ban

Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam lodged a formal protest against his FIFA suspension here Wednesday, complaining he had been given no chance to...